May 22nd, 2018 The Irish adult population is subject to low non-occupational exposure of glyphosate, a novel study from NUI Galway has found. The results of the first Irish study on exposure to glyphosate, an active ingredient in chemical pesticides used to control weeds, are now published in the journal Read more…
April 23rd, 2018 The agri-food sector continues to struggle with environmental regulatory compliance issues, the latest worst offender’s list from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows. The National Priority Sites List for October 2017 to March 2018 lists seven Irish industrial facilities that have had major environmental regulatory compliance issues over the Read more…
April 13th, 2018 New data from the Department of Agriculture reveals that 3,135 tonnes of pesticides were used in Ireland in 2016. Pesticide sprays include herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and other industrial chemicals. The 2016 data points to an increase of 14 tonnes on the previous year, and a jump of Read more…
April 5th, 2018 Ireland is wetter now than at any stage in the last 300 years, according to a new study led by Maynooth University. The study in the journal Climate of the Past which analysed the rainfall in Ireland from 1711 to 2016 found that 2006 to 2015 was the Read more…
April 4th, 2018 Emissions from three of the five main air pollutants in Ireland increased in 2016, latest figures from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reveal. The EPA’s latest report on air pollutant emissions in 2016 points to an increase in emission from ammonia, nitrogen oxides, and non-methane volatile organic Read more…
February 2nd, 2018 Industrialized nations must gradually cut their meat consumption in half in order to achieve a sustainable climate, warns a new report from a leading German NGO. The Meat Atlas 2018 report from Friends of the Earth Germany – better known as BUND – also argues that countries must Read more…
January 26th, 2018 Origin Green’s commitment to protecting the environment appears to be only a “marketing tool”, the Joint Committee on Agriculture heard this week. The comments from Independent TD Thomas Pringle follow Bord Bia’s appearance before the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Tuesday. Origin Green Read more…
January 9th, 2018 International animal welfare groups have slammed the “disgraceful” calls from the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to increase the live export of Irish livestock in 2018. The comments come in response to calls from the IFA’s National Livestock Chairman, Angus Woods at a Bord Bia seminar on live Read more…
November 28th, 2017 Members States yesterday voted to accept the European Commission’s proposal to renew the license for glyphosate for an additional five years. At the Appeal Committee meeting yesterday morning, Member State representatives passed the renewal with 18 in favour, nine against and one abstained. The European Commission originally looked Read more…
November 27th, 2017 Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions increased by 3.5 per cent in 2016 with significant increases observed in agriculture, transport, and energy, new data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows. The environmental watchdog’s Provisional Greenhouse Gas Emissions report estimates that total national greenhouse gas emissions were over 61Mt CO2 Read more…
